 The
Institute 
General Classroom Web
Resources
About.com
http://www.miningco.com/
This network of
sites includes over 650 highly targeted environments,
and each overseen by a professional guide. Starting with a simple
and intuitive design, every site at About.com is overseen by
one of our expert Guides, a company-certified subject specialist
who is dedicated to helping you get what you want quickly and
easily.
Ask an Expert
http://www.askanexpert.com
A group of
experts on a wide variety of indexed topics is listed
here, accessible via an online form. Some are accessible directly
via email.
AskERIC
http://ericir.syr.edu/
ERIC is the
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC),
a federally-funded national information system that provides,
through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct
clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services
and products on a broad range of education-related issues.
BellSouth
Education
Gateway
http://k12.bellsouth.net/
Teachers,
parents and students can benefit from the Educational
Gateway, and parents can stay on top of education tips with our
Living and Learning Series.
Classroom
Connect
http://www.classroomconnect.com
This
site is for K-12 educators in search of Web-based curriculum
products, professional development programs, and interactive
online activities matched to the state and national standards.
ED's
Oasis
http://www.edsoasis.org/
This site
includes a variety of resources to help teachers use
the Internet as an integral tool for teaching and learning.
Education
World
http://www.education-world.com
This site
provides a variety of information especially for educators,
including a broad index of lesson plans.
Figure This!
http://www.figurethis.org/
Figure This!,
demonstrates challenging middle school mathematics
and emphasizes the importance of high-quality math education
for all students.
Filamentality
http://www.filamentality.org/
An
interactive web site that guides teachers through the steps
to and resources available for creating web-based learning
activities
for use in the classroom.
FREE:
Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free/what.html
On April
18, 1997, President Clinton asked Federal agencies to
determine what "resources you can make available that would
enrich the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning."
In response, more than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group
to make hundreds of federally supported education resources
available
at this web site.
The Gateway to
Educational
Materials (GEM)
http://www.thegateway.org/
The GEM
project is a consortium effort to provide educators with
quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncatalogued,
collections
of educational materials found on
various federal, state, university,
non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
ICONnect
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/
ICONnect, an
initiative of the American Association of School
Librarians, supports school library media specialists as they
assume leadership positions in the use of the Internet in the
school community. This site includes online courses, student
and family activities, as well as online tours to prepare school
librarians for leadership roles.
iMind
http://imind.com
iMind has information
for teachers, students and parents. This
site
contains lesson resources, freebies, fun programs and activities,
information on evaluation, integration of technology into the
classroom and an awesome list of educational links divided by
grade level and discipline.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of
sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum
and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to include
the best new sites to support teaching and learning.
Lightspan.com
http://www.lightspan.com
Lightspan.com is
a free educational portal for parents, students
and educators. It provides resources, grade-specific activities
and research tools.
Microsoft Lesson Connection
Wizard
http://www.k12.msn.com/
The Microsoft
Lesson Connection Wizard is a free tool that allows
curriculum administrators to correlate lessons on the Internet
and specific learning objectives in curriculum standards
documents.
National
Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Tools
for teachers include: online activities, printable maps,
free, printable lesson plans, our network of educators, calendar
of events, educator-tested products, news story of the day, and
television programming. The online magazines include National
Geographic, World, Traveler, Adventure
The National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
The National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has supported
the development of K-12 curriculum materials through grants to
individuals and NIEHS Centers' Community Outreach and Education
Programs. The site includes a Kids Page, teacher support and
more.
National
Network for Science & Technology
http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/4-H/nnst/
National Network for Science & Technology offers hands-on
learning science & technology activities & resources,
including an interactive cyber camp for kids where you can
participate
in campfire activities, building
an aquarium, & more.
The New York
Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
The New
York Times Learning Network is a free service for students
in grades 6-12, their teachers and parents. Read the day's top
stories using Knowledge Tools, take a news quiz, write a letter
to the editor, or ask a reporter a question, access a daily lesson
plan written in partnership with The Bank Street College of
Education.
Each lesson plan and the article
it references can be printed
out for
classroom use.
NickNacks
http://home.talkcity.com/academydr/nicknacks/
NickNacks provides resources to develop telecollaborative projects
on the Web, including a participant's guide, an extensive set
of links to telecollaborations on the WWW, mailing lists, useful
tools, lesson resources, and online publications, as well as
successful projects that are posted as demonstrations to guide
others in creating their own projects.
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